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Dealership Floor floorplan inventory management Kevin Paxton KLAUS Multiparking America Showroom

Storage vs. Display: How Dealerships Are Losing Ground on Both

Ask a dealership principal about floorplan terms, and you’ll get an answer down to the basis point. Ask…

News August 5
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Dealerships Need to Invest in Customer Experience, Not Just Acquisition

Key Takeaways:  Customer retention delivers greater long-term value than customer acquisition. While dealerships continue to invest heavily in…

News August 4
AI AI governance Great American AI Act InformedIQ Tom Oscherwitz

Congress Takes Aim at AI Governance: What Dealers & Auto Finance Leaders Need to Know

Auto dealers and lenders are living through one of the most turbulent stretches in the industry’s history. Fraud…

News August 3
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700Credit Document management Document Verification Driver License Data Verification System Ken Hill

How Dealerships Are Still Challenged Capturing and Saving Consumer Driver’s Licenses Today

For decades, the driver’s license check at a dealership meant a photocopy dropped into a deal jacket or…

News July 30
customer trust Dealership Trust Jeff Wiener Nation Safe Drivers service lane Transparency

Why So Many Automotive Service Relationships Break Down and What It Actually Takes to Rebuild Them

In the automotive industry, trust rarely disappears overnight. A dealer signs a new F&I administrator. An agency partners…

News July 29
Auto Dealership AI Connected Data Cox Automotive Jade Terreberry

AI in the Showroom: Practical Ways Dealers Can Use Automation to Improve Conversion

Artificial intelligence has become one of the most talked-about topics in automotive retail. For dealers, the biggest opportunity…

News July 28
BDC Customer Communication Dealer eTraining dealership phone strategy Phone Leads Stan Sher

The New Art of the Phone Call: Why Dealership Communication Has Become the Biggest Sales Skill of 2026

There was a time when getting a customer on the phone was the easy part.  A salesperson would…

News July 27
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From 10 Cars a Month to 100: Best Practices for Dealers Ready to Scale Vehicle Acquisition

Direct vehicle acquisition has become one of the most talked about strategies in the dealer community, and for…

News July 23
Chanchal Sharma Dealership Security License Plate Recognition LPR Analytics

How LPR Analytics Help Fight Fraud and Recover Losses

The automotive industry has a long history of fraud, scams and swindles. As with any high-value commodity, cars…

News July 22
Car Shopping Friction Points Customer Engagement customer retention Kimberly M Cowan Slydyn

The Vanishing Customer: Why Dealerships Are Losing Customers Without Knowing It

The biggest challenge dealers face today when it comes to retention isn’t the angry customer, the negative review,…

News July 21
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How better data is transforming automotive direct mail marketing

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Group 1 Acquires Hennessy Dealerships

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Dealers Winning with AI Due to Curiosity

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Dealer Group Acquisitions in Texas and California

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